Hill Victorious In 600 Legends Race
Aker Takes Young Guns Victory
By Tony M. Suttles

Austin Hill claimed the official victory in the 600 Legends race ran at the Anderson Motor Speedway on Friday night May 9, 2008. Ronnie Bassett Jr. grabbed the lead as soon as the green flag dropped. Wesley Thompson moved to the second position on lap two and Austin Hill took over the third position on lap four. From laps seven till eleven Thompson ran nose to tail with Bassett Jr. but failed to get past him. On lap thirteen Austin Hill bypassed Thompson to move into the second position. Hill was a couple of car lengths behind the leader when he moved to the second position. But by lap sixteen Hill had made up the distance and bypassed Bassett Jr. for the top position before the end of the lap. Once out front Hill pulled away from Bassett Jr. and led the final five laps of the race and claimed the overall victory and the victory in the Pro portion of the race. Ronnie Bassett Jr. finished second. Wesley Thompson finished third and claimed the victory in the Pro portion of the race. John Gallman finished fourth. Larry Friddle finished fifth and claimed the victory in the Masters portion of the race.

Austin Aker claimed the official victory in the Young Guns race. The Young Guns drivers competed along with the C-Mini Stock drivers and Aker grabbed the lead in the duo race as soon as the green flag dropped. Once out front Aker pulled away and led every lap of the race and took the overall victory and the Young Guns victory. RJ West finished second. Avery Burgess finished third.

Chad Black claimed the official victory in the C-Mini Stock race. Chad Stewart held the second position in the combo race and crossed the finish line in the second position and appeared to be the C-Mini Stock victor. But Stewart failed to pass post race inspection and the victory was awarded to Chad Black whom finished third overall in the race. Kayla Pritchett finished second. Terry Muckey finished third.

Jock White claimed the official victory in the B-M Modified race. White led every lap of the race on his way to the victory. Chuck Mitchell moved to the second position on lap six and was closing a little on White but it didn’t appear that he would make a run on White. Then a caution appeared on lap eleven which bunched the field together. The first lap following the caution Mitchell ran with White but by the next lap he dropped off White’s pace. Chuck Mitchell finished second. Casey Tucker finished third. Shawn Mize finished fourth. Matt Meyer finished fifth.

Scott Hamby claimed the official victory in the B-Mini Stock race. Mark Timmerman grabbed the lead position as soon as the green flag dropped on the race but his tenure at the front was short lived. On lap two Hamby bypassed Timmerman to take the lead and Wayne Hammond moved to the second position before the second lap was complete. Hamby led the next couple of laps with Hammond all over him. On the fifth lap Hammond over took Hamby and grabbed control of the lead. The two remained one two the remainder of the race with Hammond receiving the checkered flag. Following the race Hammond refused to pull his car down and the victory was awarded to Hamby. Mark Timmerman finished second. David Darnell finished third. Chad Campbell finished fourth. Ben Kay finished fifth.

Barry Tollison Jr. claimed the official victory in the Super Renegade race. Sam Roberts led every lap of the race with Tollison Jr. pressing him the last couple of laps. Tollison Jr. made a last lap attempt to overtake Roberts but Roberts held him off at the finish line. Following the race Roberts failed to pass the post race inspection and the victory was awarded to Tollison Jr. Zac Lane finished second. Earl Young finished third. John Shaw Jr. finished fourth.

Shawn Campbell claimed the official victory in the Renegade race. Chris Whitfield grabbed the lead as soon as the green flag dropped on the race. Bryan Beckner moved to the second position on the second lap of the race. On lap three the top two cars were bumper to bumper and virtually glued together. For the next eight laps each time Beckner tried to make a move to bypass Whitfield Whitfield would readjust his line and close the door on Beckner. Finally on the twelfth lap Beckner made a move and got beside Whitfield. At the end of the lap the two were dead even at the line. Then at the end of lap thirteen Beckner had a narrow advantage and had taken the lead in the race. For the final two laps Beckner and Whitfield ran almost side by side and at the finish line Beckner had a half car length advantage and received the checkered flag. But the two cars made contact following the checkered flag and spun in turn one. Following the incident the two drivers decided to bumper tag each other and this resulted in both getting disqualified. The third place finisher, Shawn Campbell, was awarded the victory. Jim Skinner finished second. Mike Shaw finished third.

Kyle Hicks claimed the official victory in the Banana race.